Eugène Brillié
Auguste Eugène Brillié (1863-1940) was a French engineer, who invented the first French battle tank, the Schneider CA1.
Biography
Early years
Brillié was born on 8 May 1863 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. After his studies at the École Centrale Paris, he began his career from 1887 to 1898 at the Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest.[1]
Cars
- Gobron-Brillié
He joined with Gustave Gobron to create the Société des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié and to develop an opposed-piston engine he had invented. The Gobron-Brillié brand acquired a certain fame. It participated in the Paris–Madrid race of 1903, and set speed records, including that of being the first car to exceed 160 km/h (100 mph). In 1903 the UK agents for Gobron-Brillié were Botwood and Egerton. [2] In 1905 the Gobron-Brillie British Motor Company was established. [3]
- Eugène Brillié
In 1903, Eugène Brillié ended his partnership with Gobron. He created the automobile company Eugène Brillié and had cars of his design built by the workshops of
- Nagant-Gobron-Brillie
In Belgium, Leon and Maurice Nagant of Liège made some Gobron-Brillie products under licence. [5]
Locomotive
Brillié designed an experimental Naphthalene locomotive, which was built by Schneider in 1913.
Tanks
During the
Death
Brillié died on 28 May 1940 in Seignelay (Yonne).
References
- ^ Obituary
- ^ "Gobron-Brillie". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Gobron-Brillie British Motor Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Revue d'artillerie : paraissant le 15 de chaque mois, Trente-Deuxieme Annee, Avril-Septembre 1904, Tome 64". Gallica. 1904-04-15. pp. 324–381. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Nagant-Gobron-Brillie". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 29 March 2018.